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The OCAW had one important objective and main focus of their union, the improvement of living conditions of those who work in oil, chemical and related industries. OCAW went about achieving this by collective bargaining and participating in community activities, political action, and educational work. [4]
Alvin F. Grospiron (April 17, 1916 – January 1985) was an American labor leader who served as president of Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW) from 1965 to 1979. Grospiron started as an oil refinery worker on the Texas Gulf Coast, before becoming secretary-treasurer of
Anthony Mazzocchi (June 13, 1926 – October 5, 2002) was an American labor leader.He was a high elected official of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW), serving as vice president from 1977 to 1988, and as secretary-treasurer from 1988 to 1991. [1]
He was elected as the vice-president of OCAW in 1975, and in 1977 was also elected as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO. [1] [2] In 1979, he defeated Anthony Mazzocchi to become president of OCAW. [3] As leader of the union, he negotiated a merger with the United Paperworkers' International Union, but unexpectedly called it off before completion. [4]
At the same time, he merged the union into the new Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW), becoming the president of the largest oil or chemical workers' union in the world. [1] In 1954, Knight became the founding president of the International Federation of Petroleum Workers. [1]
The U.S. Constitution spells it out clearly in Article II, Section 3: The president “shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their ...
In 1991, cement workers from the Independent Workers of North America joined the United Paperworkers International Union (UPIU). [ 2 ] In 1999, the United Paperworkers International Union (UPIU) and Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union International Union (OCAW) merged to create the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers ...
According to the board, workers voted 130 to 100 for union representation. Now that the vote has passed, the board said Whole Foods, the employer, "must begin bargaining in good faith with the union."